Thomas
Edison announced
his invention of the first phonograph, a device for recording and replaying
sound, on November 21, 1877 (early reports appear in Scientific American and
several newspapers in the beginning of November, and an even earlier
announcement of Edison working on a 'talking-machine' can be found in the
Chicago Daily Tribune on May 9), and he demonstrated the device for the first
time on November 29 (it was patented on 19 February 1878, as US Patent
200,521). "In December, 1877, a young man came into the office of the
Scientific American, and placed before the editors a small, simple machine
about which very few preliminary remarks were offered. The visitor without any
ceremony whatever turned the crank, and to the astonishment of all present the
machine said: 'Good morning. How do you do? How do you like the phonograph?'
The machine thus spoke for itself, and made known the fact that it was the
phonograph..."
Monday, February 19, 2024
Thomas Edison patents the phonograph in 1878
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